Hello Deer!

When I was out in my kayak last week, I saw this young deer down at the edge of the water. We are seeing a lot more deer this year. It seems that almost every time we go for a drive, we see at least one or two. They are called white-tailed deer because the […]

Common mergansers

When we were kayaking last week, we came across some mergansers who didn’t seem to mind getting their pictures taken. In fact they seemed to want to pose for me. I was able to get some photos before they grew tired of me being around them. Mergansers are also known as sawbills, fish ducks, and […]

a black bear visit

Today we were out on our lake and noticed something swimming in the water. We weren’t sure whether it was a dog or a bear until we got up closer. It was a young bear, and quite nervous about the boats nearby. I used my longer lens so that we wouldn’t be scaring it too […]

spring flowers

We have had a very late start to our spring and summer, so lately I have been enjoying seeing the different flowers in our area. Some of these are ours; some are our neighbours’. I’m thankful for God’s handiwork in flowers.

pine warbler

Today we had a pine warbler in our yard. It was very fascinated with its reflection in the truck and kept coming back to check it out over and over again. Usually Pine Warblers stay up high in pine trees so they can be difficult to see. This obviously isn’t the case with this one. […]

Fungus

One of the tree stumps on our road has some fungi growing on it. I looked up some information about fungi and found some interesting facts. I have no idea what kind of fungus this is. there are thousands of types of fungus the word “fungus” comes from the Latin word meaning “mushroom” “fungi” is […]

The Mergansers are Back!

The mergansers have come back to the lake. They are more timid than the mallards and the loons, so I was happy to get some photos of them. The ice was off of the shoreline, so the ducks were staying fairly close to shore. The male and female look very different. Immature males look similar […]